Erickson: "the beginning of the end of the Republican party"

[Recursion]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/08/31/america-youre-watching-beginning-end-republican-party.html

(Erickson runs redstate.com)

The beginning of the end of the Republican Party has started. On Friday, I told you the Republican Party is dying. Then, yesterday, Ross Douthat in the New York Times echoed my key point.

Mine was that the Republican leaders in Washington would see the decline of Donald Trump as proof that they need do nothing to change. Like the Bourbons of France, they’d forget nothing and learn nothing.

On Sunday, Douthat wrote, “In an unhealthy system, the kind I suspect we inhabit, the Republicans will find a way to crush Trump without adapting to his message. In which case the pressure the Donald has tapped will continue to build — and when it bursts, the G.O.P. as we know it may go with it.”

Yes, exactly. The Republican Party is dying because the GOP in DC has gone corporate and K Street. They attack any Republicans who dare hold them to their promises. They’ve gone to war against Heritage Action for America, Club For Growth, the Madison Project, etc. They’ve blackballed any political consultant who does work for outsiders.

Read on for more Schadenfreude.

[dorkzilla]

1. I threw up in my mouth a little after the second paragraph

I can't read this crap without sacrificing IQ points.

[liberal N proud]

2. We have been predicting the demise of the GOP for years

They are like a bad rash that will not go away.

[yuiyoshida]

3. I was gonna say we keep hearing about this..

and see no evidence of it. The party does seem to get more stupid every year however.

[randome]

4. It's a slow-motion demise. It's happening.

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No one knew that Rome had fallen until someone noticed cattle grazing on the Senate lawn. We're getting closer to that point with the GOP, imo.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[merrily]

8. Tell the majority of the US Senate, the majority of the US House and 31 of 50 Governors.

The GOP should re-name itself the Samuel Clemens Party. ("The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.&quot

[pampango]

5. Could go the way of the French RW establishment party being gradually replaced by a RW populist

party (the National Front). (Ironically, the former recently changed its name to 'the Republicans'.) Of course, our 2-party political structure makes that gradual shift more unlikely so a sudden shift is more likely here than in France.

Trump seems to be aiming to attract the white working class with nativist, anti-diversity campaign. That is quite similar to what is happening in many European countries. Trump may be on to something though I hope not.

[WinkyDink]

6. I wouldn't send flowers quite yet.

[Fuddnik]

7. Every time we read them their Last Rites....

Corporate Dems rush in and perform CPR, adopt their policies, and recruit them to run as Dems.

[merrily]

9. And then lose to them at the polls. Go, "electable" Dems!

[hifiguy]

13. 100% correct. nt

[Laxman]

10. I Find This Article Both Disturbing And....

inaccurate. The author would have us believe that the Republicans' troubles stem from failing to tap into the anger and hatred that Trump has so deftly harnessed. Truth be told, Trump has just out-republicaned the Republicans. They've been playing to xenophobes, the racists, the bigots and tapping hatred and resentment for years. All the while, serving the interests of the corporate elite. Trump is just better at it than anybody they've encountered before. Instead of coming to the conclusion that "hey, maybe there's something seriously wrong with the core operating principals of this party", the author believes that the problem is really that the Republicans haven't served what is currently the "Trump Base". How can you ignore the fact that so many of the elected and formerly elected Republicans from the last two decades (Palin, Santorum, Cotton, Huckabee, etc..) owe their very existence to and are examples of that sick and twisted element of the American electorate.

This guy's conclusion is that the Republicans need to better reflect that constituency? What a great idea! More pandering to the neanderthals of America. How about coming back to the reality based world of rational thought, open-mindedness and a willingness to compromise with those who think differently in an effort to properly govern a large and diverse nation? I'm not here to offer advice to the Republicans, but this country is better off with two healthy political constituencies than one healthy one and one who's sole aim seems to be taking control of the nation and bringing us back to the late 19th Century world of Know-Nothings and corporate domination. It would be comforting to know that every time election cycles swing around (as they inevitably do) to bring republicans into power in would still result in some degree of sanity in our government instead of the current state of affairs which is akin to getting on an airplane and finding a demented gorilla at the controls.

[ryan_cats]

11. Fox is evil!

Fox is evil!
Wait, they support my point, Fox is awesome!

[Erose999]

12. I listed to that shit show when he was saying that. His idea for "saving" the GOP was to for all the

leadership to support the radical fundies fuckheads like Jody Hice and Louie Gohmert. Yeah, Erickkk Erickkkson that'll save your party, you double chinned fuckface.

[tularetom]

14. The Republican Party is dying because the Democrat party has taken over all their policies

Republicans are now redundant.

Obama has compared his policies to moderate republicans and Clinton would represent a significant move rightward from him.

With Democrats like that, who needs republicans.